If I were to put drywall in my garage, then cover with the pre painted
water resistant 1/8 inch boards at Lowes, would the tapered ends of
the drywall be visable? I am debating going with OSB under those or
drywall.

On Apr 13, 8:31*am, stryped wrote:
If I were to put drywall in my garage, then cover with the pre painted
water resistant 1/8 inch boards at Lowes, would the tapered ends of
the drywall be visable? I am debating going with OSB under those or
drywall.

You could stagger the 1/8" so that the drywall ends are under the
middle of the 1/8" boards.

On Apr 13, 8:08*am, jamesgangnc wrote:
On Apr 13, 8:31*am, stryped wrote:

If I were to put drywall in my garage, then cover with the pre painted
water resistant 1/8 inch boards at Lowes, would the tapered ends of
the drywall be visable? I am debating going with OSB under those or
drywall.

You could stagger the 1/8" so that the drywall ends are under the
middle of the 1/8" boards.

Would OSb instead be acceptable? This is a detached garage/shop.

On Apr 13, 9:15*am, stryped wrote:
On Apr 13, 8:08*am, jamesgangnc wrote:

On Apr 13, 8:31*am, stryped wrote:

If I were to put drywall in my garage, then cover with the pre painted
water resistant 1/8 inch boards at Lowes, would the tapered ends of
the drywall be visable? I am debating going with OSB under those or
drywall.

You could stagger the 1/8" so that the drywall ends are under the
middle of the 1/8" boards.

Would OSb instead be acceptable? This is a detached garage/shop.

There has been a lot of debate about that in another thread. OSB
burns pretty readily. OSB is also difficult to finish as it's surface
can flake off.

I am building a garage and would also like something less fragile than
drywall as a wall covering. But so far I have not found any drywall
alternatives that are price competitive and somewhat fire resistant.
If you figure something out I'd like to hear about it.

On Apr 13, 9:10*am, jamesgangnc wrote:
On Apr 13, 9:15*am, stryped wrote:

On Apr 13, 8:08*am, jamesgangnc wrote:

On Apr 13, 8:31*am, stryped wrote:

If I were to put drywall in my garage, then cover with the pre painted
water resistant 1/8 inch boards at Lowes, would the tapered ends of
the drywall be visable? I am debating going with OSB under those or
drywall.

You could stagger the 1/8" so that the drywall ends are under the
middle of the 1/8" boards.

Would OSb instead be acceptable? This is a detached garage/shop.

There has been a lot of debate about that in another thread. *OSB
burns pretty readily. *OSB is also difficult to finish as it's surface
can flake off.

I am building a garage and would also like something less fragile than
drywall as a wall covering. *But so far I have not found any drywall
alternatives that are price competitive and somewhat fire resistant.
If you figure something out I'd like to hear about it.

My idea would be to glue these white painted 1/8 panels to the osb.
WOuld this work?

On Apr 13, 10:14*am, stryped wrote:
On Apr 13, 9:10*am, jamesgangnc wrote:





On Apr 13, 9:15*am, stryped wrote:

On Apr 13, 8:08*am, jamesgangnc wrote:

On Apr 13, 8:31*am, stryped wrote:

If I were to put drywall in my garage, then cover with the pre painted
water resistant 1/8 inch boards at Lowes, would the tapered ends of
the drywall be visable? I am debating going with OSB under those or
drywall.

You could stagger the 1/8" so that the drywall ends are under the
middle of the 1/8" boards.

Would OSb instead be acceptable? This is a detached garage/shop.

There has been a lot of debate about that in another thread. *OSB
burns pretty readily. *OSB is also difficult to finish as it's surface
can flake off.

I am building a garage and would also like something less fragile than
drywall as a wall covering. *But so far I have not found any drywall
alternatives that are price competitive and somewhat fire resistant.
If you figure something out I'd like to hear about it.

My idea would be to glue these white painted 1/8 panels to the osb.
WOuld this work?- Hide quoted text -

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I don't see why it wouldn't work. It's not what I would do. Install
the first layer of covering starting at one end. You will need to cut
the last sheet vertically to make it fit. Then start at that end and
add your 1/8" going back in the other direction. This will offset
your seams. Frankly I'd also go with the drywall as I see no
advantage to the osb since you are covering it with something harder.
You could even save some by using the 3/8" drywall.

On 4/13/2010 7:31 AM, stryped wrote:
If I were to put drywall in my garage, then cover with the pre painted
water resistant 1/8 inch boards at Lowes, would the tapered ends of
the drywall be visable? I am debating going with OSB under those or
drywall.

Just put the drywall up in a horizontal fashion and then the 1/8" boards
vertical and don't nail or glue right on the horizontal drywall tapered
joint.

Don

On Apr 13, 9:10*am, jamesgangnc wrote:

snip

I am building a garage and would also like something less fragile than
drywall as a wall covering. *But so far I have not found any drywall
alternatives that are price competitive and somewhat fire resistant.
If you figure something out I'd like to hear about it.

Do your garage in 5/8" drywall and you meet fire codes in some areas.
That thickness is not really 'fragile' unless you run your Escalade
into it full tilt. Finish off with those trick hanger panels for tools
and such and it will look rather nice. Plan on an epoxy floor finish
and you'll be one happy camper.

Joe

On Apr 13, 1:52*pm, Joe wrote:
On Apr 13, 9:10*am, jamesgangnc wrote:

snip
I am building a garage and would also like something less fragile than
drywall as a wall covering. *But so far I have not found any drywall
alternatives that are price competitive and somewhat fire resistant.
If you figure something out I'd like to hear about it.

Do your garage in 5/8" drywall and you meet fire codes in some areas.
That thickness is not really 'fragile' unless you run your Escalade
into it full tilt. Finish off with those trick hanger panels for tools
and such and it will look rather nice. Plan on an epoxy floor finish
and you'll be one happy camper.

Joe

Thing is I am not crazy about mudding the drywall

On Apr 13, 4:42*pm, stryped wrote:
On Apr 13, 1:52*pm, Joe wrote:

On Apr 13, 9:10*am, jamesgangnc wrote:

snip
I am building a garage and would also like something less fragile than
drywall as a wall covering. *But so far I have not found any drywall
alternatives that are price competitive and somewhat fire resistant.
If you figure something out I'd like to hear about it.

Do your garage in 5/8" drywall and you meet fire codes in some areas.
That thickness is not really 'fragile' unless you run your Escalade
into it full tilt. Finish off with those trick hanger panels for tools
and such and it will look rather nice. Plan on an epoxy floor finish
and you'll be one happy camper.

Joe

Thing is I am not crazy about mudding the drywall

What does that mean? Do you not trust your taping skills? Not sure
of your construction, but if you run the boards vertically, and use
long enough boards, you'll only have to tape the tapered edges
abutting - piece of cake.

R

"stryped" wrote in message
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On Apr 13, 8:08 am, jamesgangnc wrote:
On Apr 13, 8:31 am, stryped wrote:

If I were to put drywall in my garage, then cover with the pre painted
water resistant 1/8 inch boards at Lowes, would the tapered ends of
the drywall be visable? I am debating going with OSB under those or
drywall.

You could stagger the 1/8" so that the drywall ends are under the
middle of the 1/8" boards.

Would OSb instead be acceptable? This is a detached garage/shop.

Acceptable to whom? Your wife? Probably not.

"jamesgangnc" wrote
There has been a lot of debate about that in another thread. OSB
burns pretty readily. OSB is also difficult to finish as it's surface
can flake off.

I am building a garage and would also like something less fragile than
drywall as a wall covering. But so far I have not found any drywall
alternatives that are price competitive and somewhat fire resistant.
If you figure something out I'd like to hear about it.

Depends on local code. My detached garage had nothing inside, just the open
framing. It is not a living space so it did not matter. Codes may vary
from town to town though.

I did, however, insulate it and drywall it because I use it as a shop and
heat it in the winter sometimes.

On Apr 13, 4:58*pm, RicodJour wrote:
On Apr 13, 4:42*pm, stryped wrote:





On Apr 13, 1:52*pm, Joe wrote:

On Apr 13, 9:10*am, jamesgangnc wrote:

snip
I am building a garage and would also like something less fragile than
drywall as a wall covering. *But so far I have not found any drywall
alternatives that are price competitive and somewhat fire resistant..
If you figure something out I'd like to hear about it.

Do your garage in 5/8" drywall and you meet fire codes in some areas.
That thickness is not really 'fragile' unless you run your Escalade
into it full tilt. Finish off with those trick hanger panels for tools
and such and it will look rather nice. Plan on an epoxy floor finish
and you'll be one happy camper.

Joe

Thing is I am not crazy about mudding the drywall

What does that mean? *Do you not trust your taping skills? *Not sure
of your construction, but if you run the boards vertically, and use
long enough boards, you'll only have to tape the tapered edges
abutting - piece of cake.

R- Hide quoted text -

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Afraid it will look bad and take forever. It is 30x30 with 10 feet
ceilings. I would have a few butt joints but not many.

On Apr 13, 4:58*pm, RicodJour wrote:
On Apr 13, 4:42*pm, stryped wrote:





On Apr 13, 1:52*pm, Joe wrote:

On Apr 13, 9:10*am, jamesgangnc wrote:

snip
I am building a garage and would also like something less fragile than
drywall as a wall covering. *But so far I have not found any drywall
alternatives that are price competitive and somewhat fire resistant..
If you figure something out I'd like to hear about it.

Do your garage in 5/8" drywall and you meet fire codes in some areas.
That thickness is not really 'fragile' unless you run your Escalade
into it full tilt. Finish off with those trick hanger panels for tools
and such and it will look rather nice. Plan on an epoxy floor finish
and you'll be one happy camper.

Joe

Thing is I am not crazy about mudding the drywall

What does that mean? *Do you not trust your taping skills? *Not sure
of your construction, but if you run the boards vertically, and use
long enough boards, you'll only have to tape the tapered edges
abutting - piece of cake.

R- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

In a garage can I put just enough compound to cover the mesh tape and
it look ok? (It is a garage, not livign space). I would paint the
walls maybe semi gloss white thoguh for light.

On Apr 13, 2:52*pm, Joe wrote:
On Apr 13, 9:10*am, jamesgangnc wrote:

snip
I am building a garage and would also like something less fragile than
drywall as a wall covering. *But so far I have not found any drywall
alternatives that are price competitive and somewhat fire resistant.
If you figure something out I'd like to hear about it.

Do your garage in 5/8" drywall and you meet fire codes in some areas.
That thickness is not really 'fragile' unless you run your Escalade
into it full tilt. Finish off with those trick hanger panels for tools
and such and it will look rather nice. Plan on an epoxy floor finish
and you'll be one happy camper.

Joe

I plan on using 5/8" in the ceiling because there is living space
above. But I disagree about the fragility of drywall for the walls.
I use my garage a lot for projects. And you bang a 10' long board
into drywall accidentally and you have a big gouge. You bump it
rolling a jetski around and you have a gouge. It is fragile. Hit it
with anything heavy even lightly and it gets damaged. It's easy to
say don't do that but it happens. And I have a 30x28 garage so
putting up expensive hanger boards all over is not an option.

stryped wrote:
If I were to put drywall in my garage, then cover with the pre painted
water resistant 1/8 inch boards at Lowes, would the tapered ends of
the drywall be visable? I am debating going with OSB under those or
drywall.

This is a detached garage, right?

If so, why bother with drywall? It's main purpose is fire retardation and
that's usually not much of an issue in a detached garage.

Drywall has only a minuscule insulation property (R=0.45) which can be
almost matched with 1/4" plywood (R=0.31).

stryped wrote:
On Apr 13, 4:58 pm, RicodJour wrote:
On Apr 13, 4:42 pm, stryped wrote:





On Apr 13, 1:52 pm, Joe wrote:
On Apr 13, 9:10 am, jamesgangnc wrote:
snip
I am building a garage and would also like something less fragile than
drywall as a wall covering. But so far I have not found any drywall
alternatives that are price competitive and somewhat fire resistant.
If you figure something out I'd like to hear about it.
Do your garage in 5/8" drywall and you meet fire codes in some areas.
That thickness is not really 'fragile' unless you run your Escalade
into it full tilt. Finish off with those trick hanger panels for tools
and such and it will look rather nice. Plan on an epoxy floor finish
and you'll be one happy camper.
Joe
Thing is I am not crazy about mudding the drywall
What does that mean? Do you not trust your taping skills? Not sure
of your construction, but if you run the boards vertically, and use
long enough boards, you'll only have to tape the tapered edges
abutting - piece of cake.

R- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

In a garage can I put just enough compound to cover the mesh tape and
it look ok? (It is a garage, not livign space). I would paint the
walls maybe semi gloss white thoguh for light.

Gloss, or semi gloss will accentuate every tiny imperfection. Use flat.

On Apr 14, 9:18*am, Tony wrote:
stryped wrote:
On Apr 13, 4:58 pm, RicodJour wrote:
On Apr 13, 4:42 pm, stryped wrote:

On Apr 13, 1:52 pm, Joe wrote:
On Apr 13, 9:10 am, jamesgangnc wrote:
snip
I am building a garage and would also like something less fragile than
drywall as a wall covering. *But so far I have not found any drywall
alternatives that are price competitive and somewhat fire resistant..
If you figure something out I'd like to hear about it.
Do your garage in 5/8" drywall and you meet fire codes in some areas..
That thickness is not really 'fragile' unless you run your Escalade
into it full tilt. Finish off with those trick hanger panels for tools
and such and it will look rather nice. Plan on an epoxy floor finish
and you'll be one happy camper.
Joe
Thing is I am not crazy about mudding the drywall
What does that mean? *Do you not trust your taping skills? *Not sure
of your construction, but if you run the boards vertically, and use
long enough boards, you'll only have to tape the tapered edges
abutting - piece of cake.

R- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

In a garage can I put just enough compound to cover the mesh tape and
it look ok? (It is a garage, not *livign space). I would paint the
walls maybe semi gloss white thoguh for light.

Gloss, or semi gloss will accentuate every tiny imperfection. *Use flat..- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

With 10ft ceilings, why not sheetrock above and some thing more gouge-
resistant around the bottom 4 - 6 feet?

dadiOH wrote:
Tony wrote:
stryped wrote:
On Apr 13, 4:58 pm, RicodJour wrote:
On Apr 13, 4:42 pm, stryped wrote:





On Apr 13, 1:52 pm, Joe wrote:
On Apr 13, 9:10 am, jamesgangnc wrote:
snip
I am building a garage and would also like something less
fragile than drywall as a wall covering. But so far I have not
found any drywall alternatives that are price competitive and
somewhat fire resistant. If you figure something out I'd like to
hear about it.
Do your garage in 5/8" drywall and you meet fire codes in some
areas. That thickness is not really 'fragile' unless you run your
Escalade into it full tilt. Finish off with those trick hanger
panels for tools and such and it will look rather nice. Plan on
an epoxy floor finish and you'll be one happy camper.
Joe
Thing is I am not crazy about mudding the drywall
What does that mean? Do you not trust your taping skills? Not sure
of your construction, but if you run the boards vertically, and use
long enough boards, you'll only have to tape the tapered edges
abutting - piece of cake.

R- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -
In a garage can I put just enough compound to cover the mesh tape and
it look ok? (It is a garage, not livign space). I would paint the
walls maybe semi gloss white thoguh for light.
Gloss, or semi gloss will accentuate every tiny imperfection. Use
flat.

It's a garage, who cares? Flat is a bitch to clean, semi or gloss isn't.

Agreed, but I thought the OP was concerned about how his tape and
spackle job looks. I'm doing my garage also... when in the mood. I
just looked at it today and realized my ceiling should look good since
the fluorescent fixtures are hanging down about 1 foot. My last garage
had the lights up on the ceiling which also makes imperfections stand out.

On Apr 14, 8:37*am, "HeyBub" wrote:
stryped wrote:
If I were to put drywall in my garage, then cover with the pre painted
water resistant 1/8 inch boards at Lowes, would the tapered ends of
the drywall be visable? I am debating going with OSB under those or
drywall.

This is a detached garage, right?

If so, why bother with drywall? It's main purpose is fire retardation and
that's usually not much of an issue in a detached garage.

Drywall has only a minuscule insulation property (R=0.45) which can be
almost matched with 1/4" plywood (R=0.31).

I guess I wanted it to look halfway decent. Something I could be
pround of.

On Apr 14, 8:12*am, stryped wrote:

In a garage can I put just enough compound to cover the mesh tape and
it look ok? (It is a garage, not *living space). I would paint the
walls maybe semi gloss white though for light.

Yep, one coat is fine. Like I said earlier, if you run the 10' boards
vertically, you won't have any but joints and the tapered joints are
the easiest part. They're almost hard to mess up.

Look at this another way - a garage is the perfect place to practice
your taping skills, so when the opportunity arises inside the house,
you'll be ready.

There are pluses and minuses to any wall covering, but drywall is the
easiest to repair if it does get dinged. If you expect the walls to
take abuse, 4' high paneling over the drywall would be the ticket.

R

On Apr 14, 2:08*pm, RicodJour wrote:
On Apr 14, 8:12*am, stryped wrote:



In a garage can I put just enough compound to cover the mesh tape and
it look ok? (It is a garage, not *living space). I would paint the
walls maybe semi gloss white though for light.

Yep, one coat is fine. *Like I said earlier, if you run the 10' boards
vertically, you won't have any but joints and the tapered joints are
the easiest part. *They're almost hard to mess up.

Look at this another way - a garage is the perfect place to practice
your taping skills, so when the opportunity arises inside the house,
you'll be ready.

There are pluses and minuses to any wall covering, but drywall is the
easiest to repair if it does get dinged. *If you expect the walls to
take abuse, 4' high paneling over the drywall would be the ticket.

R

Wont there be butt joints at the corners?

On Apr 14, 5:00*pm, stryped wrote:
On Apr 14, 2:08*pm, RicodJour wrote:
On Apr 14, 8:12*am, stryped wrote:

In a garage can I put just enough compound to cover the mesh tape and
it look ok? (It is a garage, not *living space). I would paint the
walls maybe semi gloss white though for light.

Yep, one coat is fine. *Like I said earlier, if you run the 10' boards
vertically, you won't have any but joints and the tapered joints are
the easiest part. *They're almost hard to mess up.

Look at this another way - a garage is the perfect place to practice
your taping skills, so when the opportunity arises inside the house,
you'll be ready.

There are pluses and minuses to any wall covering, but drywall is the
easiest to repair if it does get dinged. *If you expect the walls to
take abuse, 4' high paneling over the drywall would be the ticket.


Wont there be butt joints at the corners?

Nope. There'll be corners at the corners, not butt joints. You'll
have taped inside corners, and corner-beaded outside corners (if there
are any in your garage). Butt joints are non-tapered edges meeting on
a flat wall. The corners are just as easy to do as the tapered edges
if you have an inside corner taping tool. They're cheap, too, and
well worth the money.

R

stryped wrote:
On Apr 14, 8:37 am, "HeyBub" wrote:
stryped wrote:
If I were to put drywall in my garage, then cover with the pre
painted water resistant 1/8 inch boards at Lowes, would the tapered
ends of the drywall be visable? I am debating going with OSB under
those or drywall.

This is a detached garage, right?

If so, why bother with drywall? It's main purpose is fire
retardation and that's usually not much of an issue in a detached
garage.

Drywall has only a minuscule insulation property (R=0.45) which can
be almost matched with 1/4" plywood (R=0.31).

I guess I wanted it to look halfway decent. Something I could be
pround of.

Oh.

"HeyBub" wrote in message
...
stryped wrote:
On Apr 14, 8:37 am, "HeyBub" wrote:
stryped wrote:
If I were to put drywall in my garage, then cover with the pre
painted water resistant 1/8 inch boards at Lowes, would the tapered
ends of the drywall be visable? I am debating going with OSB under
those or drywall.

This is a detached garage, right?

If so, why bother with drywall? It's main purpose is fire
retardation and that's usually not much of an issue in a detached
garage.

Drywall has only a minuscule insulation property (R=0.45) which can
be almost matched with 1/4" plywood (R=0.31).

I guess I wanted it to look halfway decent. Something I could be
pround of.

Oh.




If drywall scares you atleast use plywood...OSB just plain sucks left
exposed...Atleast plywood will take paint...As always check your local
codes...You may want to sell someday...HTH...

RicodJour wrote:
On Apr 14, 5:00 pm, stryped wrote:
On Apr 14, 2:08 pm, RicodJour wrote:
On Apr 14, 8:12 am, stryped wrote:
In a garage can I put just enough compound to cover the mesh tape and
it look ok? (It is a garage, not living space). I would paint the
walls maybe semi gloss white though for light.
Yep, one coat is fine. Like I said earlier, if you run the 10' boards
vertically, you won't have any but joints and the tapered joints are
the easiest part. They're almost hard to mess up.
Look at this another way - a garage is the perfect place to practice
your taping skills, so when the opportunity arises inside the house,
you'll be ready.
There are pluses and minuses to any wall covering, but drywall is the
easiest to repair if it does get dinged. If you expect the walls to
take abuse, 4' high paneling over the drywall would be the ticket.

Wont there be butt joints at the corners?

Nope. There'll be corners at the corners, not butt joints. You'll
have taped inside corners, and corner-beaded outside corners (if there
are any in your garage). Butt joints are non-tapered edges meeting on
a flat wall. The corners are just as easy to do as the tapered edges
if you have an inside corner taping tool. They're cheap, too, and
well worth the money.

I just bought a stainless corner taper thing for the same thing,
finishing off a garage. This is my second attempt at tape and spackle
and with what I learned since the first job, this one is going much
better. And yes I got 10' rock for the 9' 4" walls and am hanging it
vertically. I'm finishing the first phase of the job now and I think
I'm doing a lot better than the first time. (the garage is half full of
stuff already so I'm doing about 1/3rd at a time. When this is finished
I move stuff to the newly finished wall and start on the middle.) I
bought a drywall lift new for $200. Best $200 I've ever spent! The
ceiling is actually easier than the walls! When I'm finished, I'll sell
it for $250. ;-)